To commemorate National School Choice Week, Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan visited Atlanta Youth Academy on Wednesday.
The private school in southeast Atlanta serves 150 students in pre-K through eighth grade. The majority of students are from low-income homes, but Peter Rooney, the school’s principal, says everyone contributes.
“Every family here pays tuition,” Rooney said. “Our median income is about $23,000 a year, and every family is paying about $160 a month.”
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